BEN TIBBETTS@bentibbettsphotography

Adventure Photographer and Mountain Guide (IFMGA).

https://www.bentibbetts.com/

Who's afraid of the dark?!
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Valentine on the Cresta Signal, Monte Rosa!... a steep and exposed ridge to be wandering along at night... when we looked to either side the headlamp light just disappears into the void - 1000m drop either side at this point!

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Valentine and Mathéo creeping along the delicate East Ridge of the Dent d'Hérens (4174m) at sunrise! .
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Italy to the right, Switzerland to the left... best stay on the crest though! We thought the route was going to be simple so we only had a short and skinny rope 'just in case'... oops, error...!

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Liv Sansoz on the beautiful SE ridge of the Monch (4107m)... that morning we had already tried to get up the Jungfrau, but turned around due to the suspect snow conditions... .
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"remember that courage and strength are nought without prudence, and that a momentary negligence may destroy the happiness of a lifetime"
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(I'll be running a kickstarter campaign for the '4000m' book this summer - to get updates subscribe to my mailing list at www.bentibbetts.com ! thanks)

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Fiescherhorn (4049m) at sunset from the Schreckhorn, Bernese Alps, Switzerland

The summits of the Fiescherhorn and their awesome north face are seen straight from Grindelwald. The north face is a threatened by massive seracs and rarely climbed these days, but the summit ridges provide an lovely traverse that often seems to be overlooked... Great warm up route before trying the Jungfrau or Grunhorn!
Rarely climbed, as it is under 4000m, is the summit on the left, the Kleines Fiescherhorn. It has a lovely exposed ridge, and it was from there that I got a recent shots of the Schreckhorn at sunset... (8 photos previously!)

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Valentine on summit ridge of the Lauteraarhorn (4042m), deep in the Bernese Alps last week.
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Fun scrambling on great rock, but you have to be so attentive when moving fast on terrain like this... 7am and we’ve already been on the go for nearly five hours...

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Valentine on "Cresta Signal" at dawn, Monte Rosa, Italy. .
Excellent conditions on some mixed ridges and faces right now... lots of snow finally starting to stick to the black ice that has persisted all winter!!
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Aiguille Verte (4122m) at sunrise - becomes a drawing... This pencil drawing is about 6x6 cm and will illustrate the classic route up the Aiguille Verte - the 'Y-couloir' in 'the book'...! Only 20 hours of drawing for each of these wee guys!

Jungfrau (4158m) - I shot this 5 weeks ago from a freezing bivouac high above Grindelwald... this and the north face of the Monch + Eiger were a couple of images I didn't yet have for 'the book'... that night though the Monch stayed enveloped in clouds most of the sunset... quite frustrating!!
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Valentine on the exquisite "Cresta Signal" at sunrise this Wednesday.... another route done for 'the book'! This long route starts in the wild Italian valley of Sesia/Alagna and finishes on Signalkuppe / Punta Gnifetti at 4554m. Great conditions this week! (I'll be running a kickstarter campaign for the '4000m' book this summer - to get updates subscribe to my mailing list at www.bentibbetts.com ! thanks)